By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace.
克莱恩认为,通过以极低的价格提供符合潮流的商品,这些品牌已经操控了时尚周期,颠覆了一个长期习惯于按季节节奏运作的行业。
Mass-produced clothing, like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable and wasteful," Cline argues.
克莱恩认为,大规模生产的服装,就像快餐一样,满足了人们的饥饿感和需求,但却不耐用且浪费。
Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2008 has made all of her own clothes - and beautifully.
在《过度着装》一书的结尾,克莱恩介绍了她的理想人物:一位名叫莎拉·凯特·比蒙特的布鲁克林女性,自2008年以来,她一直自己制作所有衣物,而且制作得非常精美。
But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can't be knocked off.
但正如克莱恩首先指出的那样,比蒙特花了数十年时间才精通她的手艺;她的例子无法被轻易复制。
Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment - including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line - Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.
尽管几家快时尚公司已经努力减少对劳动力和环境的影响——包括H&M推出的环保意识系列——但克莱恩认为,只有消费者才能带来持久的改变。
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